Hippopotamus

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Hippopotamus
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Habitat

• Hippopotamus is mostly found in rivers, lakes,
  swamps, and wallows of Africa.
• They live in permanent still water and not to
  much rocks at the bottom of the water.
• The water most not be extremely deep but deep
  enough for its huge body and needs nearby reed
  beds and grasslands.
• Hippopotamus live in both water and ground so it
  is an amphibious.

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Biome

• What kind of biome?
• There are two different types of hippos, there is
  the common or river hippopotamus and the pygmy
  hippopotamus.
• The common hippo lives in grassland where still
  water is remained still for the year.
• The other hippo lives in the forest in western
  Africa.

• Describe the biome
• For the grassland biome the land is covered by
  grasses and only a few trees grows. The land is
  flat and very good for growing crops.

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Food and Niche

• Food
• Hippopotamus eat only at night.
• They eat grasses, leaves and fruits

• Niche
• Hippos are herbivores.
• Hippos are consumers.

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Food
Grass
leaves
hippopotamus
Fruits
Fruits
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Food Web
lion
eagle
mouse
robin
hippo
seeds
fruits
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Predators/Enemies

• A grown hippo does not have many enemies. But in
  the other hand the calves does. Calves are in
  danger from lions, hyenas, and crocodiles. The
  adult hippopotamus is usually too much for most
  predators to handle. The one that actually is the
  hippos enemy is humans. Usually for their meat
  and powerful horns.

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Interesting Facts

• Hippopotamus are big and wide and usually nothing
  can harm them when they are all grown up
• Hippopotamus name means river horse
• Hippos are related to camels, pigs, and deer
• Hippos make a of variety noises in order to
  communicate underwater to with each other
• A hippo can weigh as much as 3,200 kg but usually
  average about 1,100-1,400 kg
• Hippos mate and gave birth in the water
• People used to think hippo sweat blood but it is
  actually a pinkish color oil to keep moist in the
  sun.

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The End
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